diff --git a/src/jobflow_remote/jobs/jobcontroller.py b/src/jobflow_remote/jobs/jobcontroller.py
index 1233d4a9..fffba883 100644
--- a/src/jobflow_remote/jobs/jobcontroller.py
+++ b/src/jobflow_remote/jobs/jobcontroller.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _build_query_job(
             query["name"] = {"$regex": mongo_regex}
 
         if metadata:
-            metadata_dict = {f"metadata.{k}": v for k, v in metadata.items()}
+            metadata_dict = {f"job.metadata.{k}": v for k, v in metadata.items()}
             query.update(metadata_dict)
 
         return query